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16 matching items - showing 1-10 of 16 total available news items
M4 westbound between junctions J2 and J3: brakes
17:46 (5:46pm)14 Oct 2026reported just now
- Location
- M4 westbound between junctions J2 and J3
- Direction
- Westbound
- Lanes closed
- There is one of two lanes closed. Lane one is closed
- Reason
- Brakes
- Schedule
- 17:36 (5:36pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026 → 18:24 (6:24pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026
laneClosures
17:45 (5:45pm)14 Oct 2026reported 2 min ago
- Location
- M4 westbound between J8 and J10
- Direction
- Westbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Road or carriageway or lane management
- Schedule
- 17:37 (5:37pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026 → 17:52 (5:52pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026
laneClosures
17:45 (5:45pm)14 Oct 2026reported 2 min ago
- Location
- M4 westbound between J8 and J10
- Direction
- Westbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Road or carriageway or lane management
- Schedule
- 17:37 (5:37pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026 → 17:52 (5:52pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M4 westbound between junctions J8 and J10: broken down vehicle
17:38 (5:38pm)14 Oct 2026reported 9 min ago
- Location
- M4 westbound between junctions J8 and J10
- Direction
- Westbound
- Lanes closed
- There is one of four lanes closed. Lane one is closed
- Reason
- Broken down vehicle
- Schedule
- 17:38 (5:38pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026 → 18:09 (6:09pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026
Hardshoulder closure
17:33 (5:33pm)14 Oct 2026reported 13 min ago
- Location
- M4 eastbound between J17 and J16
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Lanes closed
- Hard shoulder closed
- Reason
- Roadworks
- Schedule
- 23:59 (11:59pm) Tue 27 Apr 2021 → 18:00 (6pm) Fri 30 July 2027
M4 eastbound between J20 and J19
17:38 (5:38pm)14 Oct 2026set 8 min ago✓ Checked by us 17:47 (5:47pm)
Speed Signals · 3 signals
M4 eastbound between J20 and J19
17:38 (5:38pm)14 Oct 2026set 8 min ago✓ Checked by us 17:47 (5:47pm)
Speed Signals · 2 signals
M4 eastbound lane 4 closure (69/4 to 64/9)
17:33 (5:33pm)14 Oct 2026reported 13 min ago
- Location
- M4 eastbound between J12 and J11
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Sweeping of road
- Schedule
- 20:00 (8pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Thu 15 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
M4 eastbound Jct 18 to Jct 17 hardshoulder closure (166/2 to 161/4)
17:33 (5:33pm)14 Oct 2026reported 13 min ago
- Location
- M4 eastbound between J18 and J17
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Lanes closed
- Hard shoulder closed
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 07:00 (7am) Wed 14 Oct 2026 → 18:00 (6pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
M4 both directions Jct 15 to 22 - mobile lane closure
17:33 (5:33pm)14 Oct 2026reported 13 min ago
- Location
- M4 eastbound between J18 and J17
- Direction
- Both directions
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 20:00 (8pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Thu 15 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
Updated 17:47 (5:47pm) Wed 14 Oct 2026
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How to find the latest M4 traffic news
Our live M4 feed updates throughout the day with the latest reports on delays, roadworks, accidents, closures and congestion along the M4 motorway. Search by junction number and direction — eastbound or westbound — to focus on the stretch you’re travelling, whether that’s the M25 interchange at Junction 4b, the Severn crossing, the M5 at Almondsbury, or the run into Cardiff and Swansea. A quick check before you leave can save you sitting in avoidable traffic.
Why M4 traffic news changes along the motorway
The Department for Transport counts M4 traffic hour by hour and end to end. What it shows is that the latest M4 news means something different depending on where you are joining the motorway today.
156,491
M4 vehicles a day
at the busiest point, junction 4 by Heathrow — the London commuter end of the M4, where 81% of the traffic is cars.
128,594
a day at Bristol
on the M4 at the M4/M5 interchange — fewer vehicles, but 11,167 lorries and 24,926 vans. The same motorway, carrying a very different kind of traffic.
32%
the M4 rush-hour swing
between the busiest M4 hour (7am) and the quietest (11am) at junction 4. The M4 has a genuine peak, so timing your journey actually helps here.
81
M4 count points
measure this motorway from London to South Wales. It is one of the most closely watched roads in the country, and every M4 accident, delay and roadworks report we publish comes from that network.
So an M4 delay at junction 4 and an M4 delay at junction 19 are not the same problem. That is why this page carries all the latest M4 traffic news together — accidents, crashes, roadworks and lane closures — so you can find the ones on your stretch of the M4 motorway today rather than reading about somebody else’s.
Hourly figures are from the Department for Transport’s own M4 count point beside junction 4, counted on 3 September 2025, published 20 May 2026. Daily figures are Average Annual Daily Flow for 2025.